Icebreaker (band)
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 Icebreaker at the Blackfield Festival 2013 |
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| General information | |
| origin | Fürstenfeldbruck , Germany |
| Genre (s) | New German Hardness |
| founding | 2003 |
| Website | eis-brecher.com |
| Founding members | |
| Alexander "Alexx" Wesselsky | |
| Noel Pix | |
| Current occupation | |
| Alexander Wesselsky | |
| Noel Pix | |
| Jürgen Plangger (since 2006) | |
| Achim Färber (since 2011) | |
| Rupert Keplinger (since 2013) | |
| former members | |
bass |
Michael "Miguel" Behnke (2004–2006) |
bass |
Martin Motnik (2006-2008) |
bass |
Olli Pohl (2008-2010) |
Keyboard |
Maximilian Schauer (2004-2010) |
bass |
Dominik Palmer (2010-2013) |
guitar |
Felix "Primc" Homeier (2004–2006) |
Drums |
René Greil (2005-2010) |
Drums |
Sébastien Angrand (2010) |
Eisbrecher is a German rock band , which is usually assigned to the Neue Deutsche Hütze .
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Eisbrecher was founded in 2003 by members of the Megaherz band , Alexander "Alexx" Wesselsky and Jochen "Noel Pix" Seibert . Wesselsky had previously separated from Megaherz, which he founded in 1993, due to artistic differences. The band caused a stir with their debut album Eisbrecher , because they included two blank CDs as an incentive for copying the album. The aim of their action was to protest against the criminalization of end users by the music industry.
In the summer of 2006 Eisbrecher released two new singles and the second album Antibodies . The album reached number 85 in the German album charts . Guitarist Homeier and bassist Behnke left the band in November, replacing Martin Motnik , who is also active as bassist with Gregg Bissonette and Darkseed , and Jürgen Plangger, singer of the band A Life [Divided] .
At the beginning of July 2008 bassist Martin Motnik left the band because of a move to California. His successor was Olli Pohl, also an ex-member of Megaherz. On August 22nd, 2008, the band's third studio album, Sünde , was released, which rose to number 18 in the German Media Control album charts in the first week after its release.
With the single Eiszeit , a song by Eisbrecher made it into the German charts for the first time. Eiszeit reached number 84. On May 3, 2010, the studio album of the same name also stopped the previous commercial success of the previous albums at number 5 in the album charts. Keyboardist and co-producer Maximilian Schauer had already left the band at this point, but he continues to participate in the songwriting process for the following albums.
Due to the success of the album, larger record labels became aware of Eisbrecher. At the beginning of August it was announced that Eisbrecher are now under contract with Sony Music / Columbia Records . On August 28, 2010, during the concert in Grosserlach, bassist Olli Pohl announced that he was leaving the band for family and professional reasons. Dominik Palmer on bass was introduced as his successor at the following concerts. In March 2011, drummer Rene Greil left, who was already represented by Sébastien Angrand during the concerts in autumn and was replaced by Achim Färber.
Their fifth album Die Hölle muss haben ( Hell must wait) was released on February 3, 2012. The previously released single Crazy reached number 43 on the singles charts. On March 21, 2013, the band announced another line-up change, so in future Rupert Keplinger, who is also the guitarist of the band Darkhaus he founded in 2011, will replace the previous bassist Dominik Palmer.
In 2014, AFM Records, the band's former label, re-released the albums Antibodies , Sünde and Ice Age as a double LP . In the same year, the band announced their sixth album, Schock , for January 16, 2015 , but the release date was postponed to January 23 for unknown reasons; In the following months a tour of Germany with the band Maerzfeld followed . A concert recorded in June 2015 at Circus Krone in Munich was released on September 25th in the form of a DVD or Blu-Ray. On April 9, 2016, Eisbrecher were awarded a gold record for the first time during a concert at Zenith (Munich) for their albums Die Hölle muss Wait and Schock .
Music genre
Alexander "Alexx" Wesselsky describes Eisbrecher's musical genre as "German-language rock music with electronic elements". Wesselsky now distances himself from the term "electronic trip rock" coined by him in 2003, "because this term says nothing". It only came about because at the time of its invention, "electronic trip-hop (...) was just in fashion". Eisbrecher tries to complement hard guitar sounds with powerful electronic sounds. The media often assign them to the genre of New German Hardship , which the band itself does not like.
Discography
Studio albums
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Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label / producer , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 2004 | Eisbrecher Golden Core Records / ZYX Music Noel Pix, Alexx Wesselsky |
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First published: January 26, 2004
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| 2006 | Antibodies AFM Records / Soulfood Maximilian Schauer, Noel Pix |
DE85 (1 week) DE |
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First published: October 20, 2006
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| 2008 |
Sin AFM Records / Soulfood Noel Pix |
DE18 (4 weeks) DE |
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First published: August 22, 2008
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| 2010 |
Eiszeit AFM Records / Soulfood Noel Pix |
DE5 (7 weeks) DE |
AT64 (1 week) AT |
CH76 (1 week) CH |
First published: April 16, 2010
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| 2012 | Hell has to wait Columbia Records / Sony Music Noel Pix |
DE3  (13 weeks)DE |
AT21 (3 weeks) AT |
CH16 (4 weeks) CH |
First published: February 3, 2012
Sales: + 100,000 |
| 2015 | Shock SevenOne Music / Sony Music Noel Pix |
DE2 (33 weeks)DE |
AT11 (3 weeks) AT |
CH16 (3 weeks) CH |
First published: Jan 23, 2015
Sales: + 100,000 |
| 2017 |
Sturmfahrt RCA Germany / Sony Music Noel Pix |
DE1 (9 weeks) DE |
AT10 (4 weeks) AT |
CH8 (4 weeks) CH |
First published: August 18, 2017
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Web links
- Official website
- Icebreaker at laut.de
- Icebreaker at Discogs (English)
- Podcast interview with Eisbrecher on bonedo.de
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- ↑ Eisbrecher biography and "Sturmfahrt" review from time-for-metal.eu
- ↑ Heise Newsticker: "Music CD with incentive to copy"
- ↑ Eisbrecher in the German charts
- ↑ Maximilian Schauer at Discogs
- Jump up ↑ Eisbrecher: Gold Album. Retrieved April 12, 2016 .
- ↑ eis-brecher.com accessed on April 26, 2016
- ↑ We're in a pretty good mood . Interview by the Donaukurier with Alexander Wesselsky, accessed on August 21, 2013